Advertising-coach.



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ADVERTISING COACH.

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ADVERTISING COACH.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES A. MIOHALES, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA; FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY, ADMINISTRATOR OF SAID MOSES A. MIOHALES, DE- CEASED, ASSIGNOR TO J. B. COREY, OF BRADDOOK, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADVERTISING-COACH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 643,51 7, dated February 13, 1900. Application filed April 24,1896. Renewed April 13, 1899. Serial No. 712,916. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Mosns A. MIOHALEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered a new and useful Improvement in Advertising- Coaches, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of to this application, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved revolving advertising-coach. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the caster-ring. Fig. 5 is a detail cross-sectional View through part of the framework of the revolving upper structure. Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view taken on the line VI VI of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail plan view of part of the operating mechanism. Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section, partially broken away, taken on the line VIII VIII of Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is a detail View in section of the tension device for the driving-chain.

Similar numerals of reference refer to like parts Wherever used throughout this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel and practicable traveling advertisingcoach; audit consists in a structure designed to present advertisements, pictures, or other desirable matter in an attractive manner revolubly mounted on a movable vehicle, with means for imparting independent motion to the revoluble structure and for illumination of its interior.

Referring to the drawings, 2 is the body of a vehicle made in anysuitable manner or form,

mounted in the usual way on front and back wheels 3 4E. The revolving advertising structure 5 is constructed of a light framework having an ornamental top and any desired number of sides, as four, which sides are preferably composed of plate-glass 6, mounted in swinging frames 7, hinged to the corner-posts 8, so that they may be readily opened to attach to their inner faces the advertising matter, which will be then clearlyvisible from the outside. Any preferred device, such as hooks or clips, may be employed to secure the advertisements-as, for instance, posters, bills,

&c.in position. At or near its bottom portion the revolving structure is provided with lateral arms 9, secured at the center to a plate 10, which is in turn secured bya set-screw or key to a central vertical shaft 11, having a bearing 12 secured to the top floor 13 of the vehicle-bed and provided at its bottom with a flanged collar 14, designed to bear up against the framework and hold the upper structure against tipping.

Secured to the under side of the arms 9, concentric with the center, is an annular flat ring 15, a similar ring 16 being located directly beneath it, secured to the floor 13 and supplied with a series of casters 17, mounted in brackets secured to the bottom ring and upon which rests the upper ring, thereby con stituting a turn-table support for the entire upper structure.

It is desired that intermittent motion be imparted to the upper structure in such a manner that it will make a series of partial revolutions, with intervening periods of rest, and such motion is secured in the following manner: A sleeve 18 is secured to the hub of one of the wheels 4, projecting inwardly and having at the inner end a sprocket-wheel 19, connected by a chain 20 with a driven sprocketwheel 21, loosely journaled on a short shaft 22, mounted in bearings secured to the framework of the vehicle and parallel with the axial line through the center of the sleeve 18 at right angles to the wheel 4:. A clutch 23, splined on the shaft 22, is normally held in engagement with a corresponding clutch on the hub of the sprocket 21 by a coiled spring 24, such clutch being within easy control of the driver by means of a bellcrank lever 25, connected by a rod 26 to a foot-lever 27 in close proximity to the seat in front,so that the clutch may be readily thrown out of engagement at any time. A bevel* wheel 28 is secured to the end of the shaft 22 and meshes into a larger bevel-wheel 29 on 5 11., and a crank-finger secured to the end of the shaft 80, is so located directly beneath the edge of the plate 31 that it will engage one of the teeth 31 consecutively at each revolution, thereby causing the plate 31, shaft 11, and upper structure to revolve a partial revolution at each revolution of the shaft 30. I have shown the plate 31 as supplied with eight teeth, thereby causing the upper structure 5 tomake one-eighth of a revolution to each revolution of the shaft but this number may be varied to secure greater or less movement, as desired. In order to take up the slack of the chain, due to vibration of the vehicle upon its springs, [have provided the device shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8 and in detail in Fig. 9, consisting of a cylinder 34, properly secured to convenient framework by ears 35, inclosing a coiled spring 36, bearing against the flange 37 of a shaft 38, having mounted in its forked end a flanged wheel 39, hearing against the chain 20 and effectually taking up any slack.

For the purpose of illuminating the interior, so as to adapt the apparatus for use at night,any convenient source of light,as lamps &0, supported from suitable brackets projecting up from the framework of the revolving structure, may be employed, or, if desired, a storage battery may be located at any convenient place on the vehicle and electriclamps used. By these means very striking and attractive effects may be secured by using transparent advertising media, such as are well known and understood by those familiar with the art.

The operation is obvious,motion being transmitted to the revolving structure through the mechanism described whenever the vehicle is put in motion, or it may be allowed to remain stationary for any desired period, or in case of emergency, such as a runaway, by means of the clutch mechanism.

My device will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, and while it is subject to many changes and variations in design and mechanism by the skilled mechanic I desire to include all such changes and variations as within the scope of my invention.

Having described myinvention and in what manner it is constructed and operates, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combinatioinwith a wheeled vehicle, of a revoluble frame mounted thereon, a retatoryshaft connecting the vehicle and frame, a toothed disk secured to said shaft, a counter-shaft provided with mechanism for intermittently engaging said toothed disk and hav ing a bevel-wheel mounted thereon, a secondary countenshaft provided with a bevelwheel meshing with the bevel-Wheel on the counter-shaft, a sprocket-wheel mounted on said secondary countershaft, a sprocketwheel secured to an inwardly projecting sleeve attached to one of the hubs of the vehicle, and a connecting sprocket-chain; substantially as described.

2. The combination,with a wheeled vehicle, of a revoluble frame mounted thereon, a rotatory shaft connecting the vehicle and frame, a toothed disk secured to said shaft, a counter-shaft provided with a crank-finger for intermittently engaging said toothed disk and having a bevel-wheel mounted thereon, a secondary counter-shaft provided with a bevelwheel meshing with the bevel-wheel on the counter-shaft, a sprocket-wheel mounted on said secondary counter-shaft, a sprocketwheel secured to an inwardly projecting sleeve attached to one of the hubs of the vehicle, and a connecting sprocket chain; substantially as described.

3. The combination with a wheeled vehicle, of a revoluble frame mounted thereon, a r0- tatory shaft connecting the vehicle and frame, a toothed disk secured to said shaft, a counter-shaft provided with mechanism for intermittently engaging said toothed disk and having a bevel-wheel mounted thereon, a secondary countershaft provided with a bevelwheel meshing with the bevel-wheel on the counter-shaft,a sprocket-wheel loosely mounted on said secondary shaft, a sprocket-wheel secured to an inwardly-projecting sleeve attached to one of the hubs of the vehicle, a connecting sprocket-chain, and clutch mechanism also mounted on said secondary counter-shaf t for engaging with said loose sprocketwheel; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of April, 1896.

MOSES A. MIOIIALES.

Vitnesses:

PETER J. EDWARDS, G. M. CLARKE. 

